Updates, advisories and surprises

(6:00 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp.
MSFT, -0.38%
Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood said the software leader will host a meeting with financial analysts at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., in late September. Hood said more details about when the meeting will be held will soon be released, and that Microsoft will give more comments about its full-year outlook at the meeting. Several analysts who cover Microsoft have called upon the company to hold such a meeting to discuss more about Microsoft's recently announced realignment and how it may affect the company's financial reporting methods. Microsoft shares fell 6% in after-hours trading following the release of weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results.

Intuitive falls 8%; CEO sees more sales pressure

(4:58 PM ET) LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Intuitive Surgical Inc.
ISRG, -1.20%
shares dropped more than 8% at one point in after-hours trades as the company's chief executive said he sees "increasing pressure" on sales. Dow Jones reported that CEO Gary Guthart said the company has received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Guthart made the disclosures after the company reported lower-than-expected earnings and sales for the second quarter. Shares were down 6.5% to $393.97, a drop of $27.50.

Advanced Micro Devices swings to loss

(4:33 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
AMD, +0.00%
reported late Thursday a second-quarter loss of $65 million, or 10 cents a share, reversing a year-ago net profit of $37 million, or 5 cents a share. Adjusted to exclude one-time items, the company's second-quarter loss was $65 million, or 9 cents a share. Revenue for the quarter fell 18% to $1.16 billion from $1.41 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had expected the company to post an adjusted 12-cent per-share loss for the quarter on $1.11 billion in revenue. AMD shares were down 4.5% at $4.45 in after-hours trade. The stock is up 91% over the past 12 months.

AMD swings to loss on revenue slide

(4:31 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. reported an 18% drop in revenue for the second quarter, swinging to an expected loss for the period. For the period ended June 29, AMD
AMD, +0.00%
reported a net loss of $74 million, or 10 cents per share, compared to net income of $37 million, or 5 cents per share, for the same period last year. Adjusted net loss for the recent period was $65 million, or 9 cents per share. Revenue fell 18% to $1.16 billion. Analysts were expecting an adjusted loss of 12 cents per share on revenue of $1.1 billion, according to FactSet.

Intuitive earnings, sales fall short of forecasts

(4:31 PM ET) LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Intuitive Surgical
ISRG, -1.20%
said Thursday that net income for the second quarter was $159.1 million, or $3.90 a share, compared with $188.9 million, or $4.56 a share, for the same period a year ago. Reporting after the close, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based maker of robotic surgical systems said sales were $578.5 million against last year's $536.5 million. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of $4.02 a share on sales of $600.3 million. The company had warned on July 8 of sharply lower-than-expected earnings for the period. At that time, shares dropped more than 16% on the news. Intuitive shares ended the regular session up 1.4% to $421.47 and were down marginally in after-hours trades.

Chipotle shares rise on quarterly revenue beat

(4:19 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
CMG, -0.26%
shares rose late Thursday after second-quarter earnings rose about 8% and revenue beat Wall Street estimates. Shares of Chipotle rose 6.8% to $402.40 in after-hours activity, following a 0.3% rise during the regular trading session. The company reported earnings of $87.6 million, or $2.82 a share, up from $81.7 million, or $2.56 a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $816.8 million from $690.9 million in the year-ago period. Analysts expected earnings of $2.82 a share on revenue of $803.1 million, according to FactSet.

Google profit rises, but results fall short

(4:09 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Google Inc.
GOOG, -1.10%
on Thursday reported a second-quarter profit of $9.71 billion, or $9.54 a share, compared with a profit of $8.54 billion, or $8.42 a share, for the year-earlier period. Revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, rose to $11.1 billion from $9.61 billion in the same quarter the previous year. Adjusted profit was $9.56 a share. Analysts polled by FactSet on average expect the company to post a profit of $10.80 a share, on revenue of $11.37 billion. Google shares were down nearly 5% in after-hours trading.

Microsoft swings to profit, yet misses estimates

(4:08 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp.
MSFT, -0.38%
on Thursday reported a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $4.97 billion, or 59 cents a share, on revenue of $19.9 billion, compared to a loss of $492 million, or 6 cents a share, on $18.06 billion in sales in the same period a year ago. Excluding one-time items, Microsoft would have earned 52 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast Microsoft to earn 75 cents a share on $20.7 billion in sales for the quarter ended June 30. Microsoft shares were down almost 4% in after-hours trading.

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